Another major feature of The Show is the huge variety of stands selling everything textile-related: yarns, threads, tools, antique textiles, books. I really could have spent a fortune on beautiful supplies 'just-in-case', but managed to limit myself to some sashiko thread and needles and a piece of Japanese fabric in dark indigo, fromJapan Crafts, four books from Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn, plus a bag of colourful thread ends fromOliver Twists.